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Which teacher or staff member at ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMY deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
528
High
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4·NCES 360007906003
ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMY
240 E 109TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10029 · (212) 722-6507 · New York County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL528 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of New York public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public high schools
Student : Teacher
7.3:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
505 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 102 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 81 | 15% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
51.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.6pp since 2023
Math
27.5%
NY avg 57.4% . +13.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 27.5% |
| 2023-24 | 43.3% | 14.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
32.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMY
ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMY's state test result (32.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMY this school | 528 | 95.6% | 32.9% |
| WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE BRONX | 575 | 95.1% | 23.3% |
| COMMUNITY HEALTH ACADEMY OF THE HEIGHTS NEW YORK | 552 | 92.0% | 38.8% |
| BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS BRONX | 589 | 93.5% | 33.4% |
| PROGRESS HIGH SCHOOL FOR PROFESSIONAL CAREERS BROOKLYN | 418 | 95.5% | 30.3% |
| CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND SOCIAL JUSTICE BRONX | 523 | 94.1% | 49.4% |
Matched among New York high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMY ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #1,043 of 1,135 | #115 of 125 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #915 of 1,109 ▲ 139 | #80 of 112 ▲ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #946 of 1,135 ▲ 107 | #105 of 125 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 528 | #506 of 1,216 | #31 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.3:1 | #26 of 1,058 | #3 of 111 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.9% | #762 of 1,070 | #101 of 113 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.6% | #64 of 1,167 | #7 of 133 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.4% | #552 of 743 | #61 of 79 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
528
+65 (+14%) vs 2020
+89% since 2010-11, when it was 280
Student : Teacher
7.3:1
was 9.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 528 | 71.8 | 7.3:1 | 96% (505) |
| 2023-24 | 536 | 63.4 | 8.4:1 | 95% (510) |
| 2022-23 | 498 | 54.4 | 9.2:1 | 95% (473) |
| 2020-21 | 463 | 49 | 9.4:1 | 97% (447) |
| 2017-18 | 564 | 49 | 11.5:1 | 92% (520) |
| 2015-16 | 586 | 52 | 11.3:1 | 91% (535) |
| 2010-11 | 280 | 24 | 11.7:1 | 93% (261) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMY.
About ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMY
ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMY is a small high school. Its address is in NEW YORK, New York. The school had 528 students in grades 6 through 12 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for high schools in New York is about 668, so this school runs 21% smaller than that.
In NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4, 30 schools enroll a combined 11,316 students.
Hispanic students are the large majority at ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMY, with 81% of enrollment. Next come 14% Black and 2% multiracial. That compares with about 24% Hispanic among all New York County residents. By the diversity index, ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMY comes in at 33%.
The teaching staff at ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMY is 71.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 7.3:1. The average ratio among high schools in New York is 11.0:1, higher than at this school. About 96% of students, or 505, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in New York County averages 70%, lower than here.
allk12 grades ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMY a D. The grade compares the school only with New York public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMY are 6.9 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (32.9% actual, 39.8% predicted).
Census estimates describe New York County this way: median household income is about $103,931, about 64% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 358 public schools in New York County, with a combined enrollment of about 152,104.
Of nearby public schools, TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMY is behind the 54.7% nearby average, ranking 8th of 9.
Federal data place ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMY in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 463 in 2020-21 and 528 in 2024-25, a 14% rise. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 9.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 7.3:1.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMY. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
New York County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,629,477
Census ACS
Median income
$103,931
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
64%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
358
152,104 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4
- MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICSHigh · 1,657 students
- PS 171 PATRICK HENRYElementary · 738 students
- TAG YOUNG SCHOLARSElementary · 576 students
- JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOLElementary · 516 students
- CENTRAL PARK EAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 481 students
- YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SCHOOLHigh · 446 students
Other schools in NEW YORK
- STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,261 students
- FIORELLO H LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,251 students
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS & HUMAN SERVICESHigh · 1,728 students
- MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICSHigh · 1,657 students
- NEW EXPLORATIONS INTO SCIENCETECH AND MATH HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 1,620 students
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-HARLEM 1Combined · 1,520 students
Nearby schools
- TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS0.0 mi · 576
- BILINGUAL BICULTURAL SCHOOL (THE)0.0 mi · 291
- PS 83 LUIS MUNOZ RIVERA0.0 mi · 306
- AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM0.2 mi · 288
- EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 922
- PARK EAST HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 398
Frequently asked questions
About ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMYHow many students attend ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMY enrolls approximately 528 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMY serve?
ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMY serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many teachers does ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMY have?
ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMY employs 72 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.3:1.
What is the student diversity at ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
Student demographics at ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMY are roughly 2% White, 81% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMY in?
ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMY is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.